Suspenders.



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

SAMEL w. PATTERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

susPENDERs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters rat-ent No. 696,076, dated Merch 25, 1902- Applicatlon Iiled August 31,1901. Serial No. 74,029. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following, when taken in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, iS a full and complete description, suff cient to enable those skilled in the' art to which it pertains to understand, make, and use the Same.

The invention relates to suspenders'provided with equalikzing ends for supportingv trousers and other articles of dress.

The object of this invention iS to obtain suspenders provided with equalizing ends which will obviate the necessity of using buttons at the back of the trousers-band or other article supported thereby and will permit the use of buttons on the sides of such trousers-band or other article, the terms Side and back as herein used having reference to the person of the wearer.

In the drawings referred to, Figure l is a perspective view of a pair of Suspenders embodying my inventi'on, such view, however, showing the` ends of the Suspenders in front and back elevation, respectively; and Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the triangular-shaped joining-pieces with theV attached suspender fabric forming elements in the Suspenders.

A reference-letter applied'to designate a given part is used to indicate such part throughout the figures of the drawings.

A is an end piece, preferably of leather, provided with tongue a, button a', and loops, preferably of metal, azo. The tongue a buttons at the free end thereof onto the button d' to form a loop for the equalizing-strap F in the ordinary manner of forming loops in suspender construction. Such strapF is provided with buttonholes in ends f f thereof, respectively. To'the loopsrcV one end of the suspender fabric B (preferably elastic) is attached in the ordinary manner.

b is a triangular joining-piece with rounded corners, to one of the sides whereof the upper end of the suspender fabric B is attached, to another side whereof one end of the suspender fabric B (preferably elastic) is attached, and to the remaining side whereof the metal loop of the arm of such person to and through the loop d3 of the end piece A, and thence back to the adj usting-buckle C.

D is a connection of suspender fabric (preferably elastic) provided with an adjusting buckle E, extending through the loops b b on the triangular j oining-pieces b. The function of the adjustable connection-strap D is to hold the triangular joining-pieces b b in place a determined distance apart on the back of the wearer of the Suspenders.

' In use one of the ends of the equalizing; straps F F may be attached to the forward button of a trousers-band as such buttons are ordinarily placed and the other end of such equalizing-straps may be attached to the Side button of a trousers-band as such but- -tons are ordinarily placed.

Upon placing the Suspenders on the person desiring to wear the same, after attaching the ends of the equalizing-straps F F to the article of clothing to be supported thereby, the adjusting-buckles C C E are put in proper place and the Suspenders are ready for use.

I prefer to make the tongue a of the end piece A detachable from the button d', and

`when so made the article of clothing sup-` ported by the Suspenders may be taken olf by simply detaching' tongue d from the button d', thereby releasing the strap F from the remainder of the Suspenders, such equalizing-strap F remaining attached to the article. of clothing referred to.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In Suspenders, the combination of end pieces, metal loops, a plurality of Such metal loops being respectively attached by one of the bars thereof to the respective end pieces, each of said end pieces having an additional and detachable loop of flexible material,

' equalizing-straps to engage with the respective detachable loops,triangular-shaped joining-pieces, metal loops respectively attached by one of the bars thereof to one of the sides of the triangular-shaped joining-pieces re-1 ICO spective1y,an adjustable connecting-strap atsuch end pieces and to au adj listing-buckle tached to the remaining bars of such metal mounted on such suspender fabric; substan- 1o loops, suspender fabric attached to the' retally as described. maning sides of the triangular-shaped join- 5 ing-pieces and to the loops on the end pieces, SAMUEL WV' PATTLRSON the suspender fabric attached to the upper In presence of one of such remaining sides extending around CORA A. ADAMS, 011e of the bars of the forward metal loops on CHARLES TURNER BROWN. 

